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Location:

Little Rock,AR,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Longest Ultra:  White Rock Classic:  6:34:00, 33.4 miles, Ozark Mtns., AR

Marathon:  3:25:06, Boston Marathon, April 20, 2015

Half-Marathon: 1:33:27 (Gun Time), Little Rock Half-Marathon, March 1, 2015.

10K:  43:10, Lenexa Freedom Run, Lenexa, KS, July 4, 2015

5K: 20:23, Firecracker Fast 5K, Little Rock, AR, July 4, 2013 (Mostly downhill course)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run another marathon in 3:25 or better.

2 to 3 Marathons per year - Goal: 3:30 or better

1 to 2 Half-marathons per year:  1:32 or better

1 to 2 Ultra Runs per year:  At least one 50K

Have fun running and stay injury-free

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run Boston when I'm 60 years old

Personal:

Married to Kimberly - 23 years

Daughter Brianna - 21 years old

Three dogs: Hershey, Lady, Emmie

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Lunaracer 3 Lifetime Miles: 187.97
Nike Flyknit Lunar + Lifetime Miles: 379.60
ASICS Lyte 33 Lifetime Miles: 181.20
NB 890v3 Lifetime Miles: 221.10
Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles: 8.10
Adidas Tempo 6 Lifetime Miles: 110.65
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
147.9076.702.111.00227.71
Night Sleep Time: 106.11Nap Time: 5.00Total Sleep Time: 111.11
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.002.300.000.007.30

Ran 7.3 miles on the TM at the gym at work.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.305.700.000.006.00

Ran 6 miles on the TM at LA Fitness, mostly at 8 min/mile.  Focused my run on form.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Race: Firecracker Fast 5K (3.11 Miles) 00:20:40, Place overall: 99, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.200.002.111.009.31

Ran the Firecracker Fast 5K at 20:40, which placed me 99th out of 1,533 participants.  The 55-59 mens age group was really strong, and I haven't been training for a short fast race.  But I signed up on Friday night since I can run a couple of long runs during the week this week.

Ran a 2.5 mile warm up.  Ran from War Memorial Field back to Go Running after the race, taking a detour to run around the neighborhood west of Kavanaugh. The ran to my car.

Night Sleep Time: 2.11Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 2.11
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.3010.000.000.0014.30

Ran 8.3 miles on the TM at LA Fitness.

In the evening, ran another 6 miles on the TM at LA Fitness.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.600.000.000.0010.60

Ran 10.6 easy miles on the TM at LA Fitness, running 9 of those miles at 8:34/mile.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Ran 2.7 miles with Emmie, then took her home.  Returned to Two Rivers Park, and ran 10.3 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.0010.000.000.0017.00

Ran 10 miles on the Arkansas River Trail with Eddie.  

Ran 7 miles on the TM in the afternoon.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.305.700.000.009.00

Ran 9 miles on the TM.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.009.000.000.0011.00

Ran 11 miles on the TM at LA Fitness at an average pace of 7:51/mile.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.300.000.000.0012.30

Ran 12.3 miles with Nick on the Arkansas River Trail on a hot morning.  The trail from the Two Rivers Bridge to Two Rivers Park was blocked by trees that blew onto the trail on Thursday night.  So we turned around and ran ouit and back to the Emerald Park trail entrance.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.707.600.000.009.30

Ran 9.3 miles on the TM at 7:57/mile.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.707.400.000.009.10

Ran  9.1 miles on the TM at 8:13/mile.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.704.700.000.006.40

Ran 6.4 the TM.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Race: Full m00n 50K Trail Run (31.1 Miles) 06:27:27, Place overall: 65, Place in age division: 49
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
33.100.000.000.0033.10

Ran the Full m00n 50K.  The temperature at the7 pm start was 85 degrees, with a dewpoint of 81 degrees. But it would have been warmer if it hadn't rained.  Ran a strong negative split.

Night Sleep Time: 4.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.302.000.000.008.30

Ran 8 miles on the TM followed by a .3 mile cool down.

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.807.300.000.0011.10

Ran 11 miles on the TM followed by a .1 mile cool down.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.505.000.000.0012.50

Lunchtime:  Ran 11.2 miles on the TM.

Evening:  Ran 1.3 miles with Emmie around the neighborhood.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.300.000.000.0015.30

Ran 15.3 miles on the TM at LA Fitness in just 130 minutes. 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.800.000.000.0012.80

Ran 12.8 miles on the TM at LA Fitness after church.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
147.9076.702.111.00227.71
Night Sleep Time: 106.11Nap Time: 5.00Total Sleep Time: 111.11
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